Pickled Fennel

Chef Joshua McFadden of Ava Gene’s in Portland, Oregon, pickles fennel in early summer, at its peak, and then uses it in everything from grain salads to sandwiches piled high with salumi.Slideshow:More Fennel Recipes

Chef Joshua McFadden of Ava Gene’s in Portland, Oregon, pickles fennel in early summer, at its peak, and then uses it in everything from grain salads to sandwiches piled high with salumi.Slideshow:More Fennel Recipes

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups hot water

1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar

1/3 cup sugar

1 tablespoon white wine vinegar

1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt

2 small fennel bulbs, halved and very thinly sliced lengthwise through the
core on a mandoline

5 garlic cloves, crushed

2 rosemary sprigs

2 small dried hot chiles, such as árbol

How to Make It

Step

In a 1-quart jar with a tight- fitting lid, shake the water, rice vinegar, sugar, white wine vinegar and salt until the sugar and salt dissolve. Pack the fennel, garlic, rosemary and chiles into the jar, cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Drain the pickles before serving.